CBD (cannabidiol)

The emergence of high cannabidiol (CBD)-marijuana strains and CBD-rich medicinal products over the last 20 years has led to an explosion in the medicinal use of cannabis. CBD is an abundant non-psychoactive phytocannabinoid in cannabis that is thought to convey many of its medicinal benefits. While medicinal use of cannabis has been reported for centuries, it’s only recently been appreciated that …

Medical cannabis may scare those who want to use this plant. Furthermore, with all these emerging scientific studies and news around, there are so many different products available. How can someone choose the best one? Here you will find a condense review about the history of this plant, as well as a comparison of CBD and THC products and a short guide for their use.
THC and CBD: a synergistic …

The cannabis plant with its different components (cannabinoids as they are scientifically known) has been proven to carry a plethora of medicinal benefits. In late years, we have come to know which exactly of these cannabinoids is responsible for most of these benefits. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is the non-psychoactive component of cannabis that we attribute most of the medicinal uses of marijuana to. …

For centuries, the use of marijuana has proven in different parts of the world to be capable of remedying many disease-inflicted pains. A lot of research has been done in the past few decades to verify these claims. We came to know the component most responsible for these effects, and it is Cannabidiol(CBD). And while some effects were found unrelated to the use of CBD or marijuana in general, …

What is Cannabidiol?
Plants have a metabolism like we do. In their cells they produce several substances that either help them grow or protect them from different predators, such as animals, insects, bacteria etc. These substances are called metabolites. Some metabolites like carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, that help the plants grow are called primary metabolites. Others, which derive from …

CBD is extracted from cannabis or hemp in numerous ways, and every way guarantees a different level of purity. Oil is one of the purest forms with which one can consume CBD. Yet again, there are many ways to extract the CBD component from hemp plant and turn it into oil, thus creating what we call CBD oil. One of the most-used methods for this is "supercritical fluid extraction". The idea behind …